嚴

See also 严, and 厳

Translingual

shinjitai	厳
simplified	严
traditional	嚴

Han character

嚴 (radical 30 口+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 口口一一大 (RRMMK), four-corner 6624₈, composition ⿱吅𠪚)

1. strict, rigorous, rigid
2. stern

Related characters

• 敢

Derived characters

• 儼

Descendants

• 厳 严

References

• KangXi: page 214, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4589
• Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 702, character 2
• Unihan data for U+56B4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

嚴 (simplified 严, jyutping jim4, Yale yim4)

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Japanese

Kanji

嚴

Readings

• Go'on: ごん (gon), from ごむ
• Kan'on: げん (gen), from げむ
• Kun: きびしい (kibishii), おごそか (ogosoka)

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Korean

Hanja

嚴 (hangeul 엄, revised eom, McCune-Reischauer ŏm)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嚴 (simplified 严, pinyin yán (yan2), Wade-Giles yen²)

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Vietnamese

嚴 (nghiêm, ngàm)